Scope
During the last decades, semiconductor nanostructures (thin films, nanowires and nanodots) have received increasing attention as potential building blocks for nanoscale electronic and optical devices. However, their practical integration into devices and systems still requires the ability to assemble, position, contact and fabricate devices reliably in large quantities. Major advances have been obtained in the growth and understanding of nanostructures nucleation and growth on nanopatterned and vicinal substrates.
For future devices, the investigation of semiconductor nanostructures formation on nanopatterned substrates and template layers (semiconductor, metal or organic) is necessary. Understanding and developing methods for making such nanostructures with reproducible electrical, optical and magnetic properties will also be a key issue.
This workshop will focus on recent experimental and theoretical progress in the growth, positioning, and properties of semiconductor nanostructures and on the fabrication and characteristics of new devices using semiconducting nanostructures grown on high index and nanostructured substrates.
The objective is to share the established and complementary expertise of the different researchers in fundamental surface science, growth, modelling and electron transport physics of nanostructures, design of novel nanoelectronic devices.
Topics of particular interest to this workshop :
7th ESPS-NIS will primarily focus on the following topics that are of strong current interest in fields of semiconductor nanostructures, high index surfaces and nanostructured substrate :
- Epitaxial semiconductor nanostructures
- High index surfaces
- Electronic, magnetic, optical and transport properties
- Self-assembling techniques
- Pattern formation and characterization
- Quantum dots, quantum wires and their properties
- Techniques of nanofabrication and nanopatterning
- Atomic structure and morphology, surface and interface phenomena
- Novel device applications: nanodevice fabrication technology, characterization, properties and modelling
- Other applications in medicine, environment …
- Novel properties of high index surfaces: electronic structure and modelling
